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Re: CLOSED- 2000s BST Rd2: Art Brut v Agalloch

LedZep — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 05:48:58 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 11/19/2019 10:48

CryingGameDahlin wrote:

BEA hasn't participated in the most exacting metal forums it seems

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Re: CLOSED- 2000s BST Rd2: Art Brut v Agalloch

cestuneblague — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 00:29:39 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 11/19/2019 05:29

BEA hasn't participated in the most exacting metal forums it seems

Art Brut 11-9

Re: CLOSED- 2000s BST Rd2: Art Brut v Agalloch

mickilennial — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 11:25:08 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 11/18/2019 16:25

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Re: CLOSED- 2000s BST Rd2: Art Brut v Agalloch

LedZep — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 11:22:41 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 11/18/2019 16:22

Gowi wrote:

As someone who has followed Agalloch since 2003 and participated in metal communities between 2003 and 2009, I can help best contextualize this. There are three songs that were discussed as standout tracks from The Mantle as well as were regularly played on metal community stations at the time. Ghost was not one of them. This is the basis that Ghost is a weird choice. A Desolation Song, In the Shadow of Our Pale Companion, and The Lodge are those three songs that are not only memorable but more significant in representing Agalloch from that exact point in time.

The Lodge and Desolation Song along with Celebration intro are literally the 3 songs off of Mantle that I would say don't work outside the album. Hawthorne Passage is a better instrumental representation of Agalloch, and Desolation Song is impactful as the last song imo. But to each their own I guess.

Re: CLOSED- 2000s BST Rd2: Art Brut v Agalloch

mickilennial — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 09:17:17 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 11/18/2019 14:17

LedZep wrote:

However I don’t see how this particular Agalloch song isn’t a good representation of the 2000s and Agalloch’s own opus

Re: CLOSED- 2000s BST Rd2: Art Brut v Agalloch

LedZep — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 05:12:31 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 11/18/2019 10:12

CryingGameDahlin wrote:

"easy-listening indie rock" is not how I would describe Art Brut at all, yes there's a simplicity to their songs on Bang Bang but a kind of aggresive, eager yet still pithy brilliance to their lyrics and sound that makes it completely unique if certainly not the most musically dexterous and studied. They weren't able to build on that sound at all, but damn if it still doesn't sound great nearly a decade and half later. Again though this is indeed a hard comparison, I think Agalloch would have a better shot if it were competing Album-to-Album although this indiviual song is still very good. But I voted for Art Brut, LOOK AT ME, I voted fo... I'll stop.

I’m not taking a dig at Art Brut, I like that song, but compared to some things we have in this tournament it’s really straightforward and, more importantly, it’s what BEA users are comfortable with. And my little rant sounded way more serious than it was supposed to, sorry 😁 However I don’t see how this particular Agalloch song isn’t a good representation of the 2000s and Agalloch’s own opus or how it doesn’t work separated from the album. Sure The Mantle is a really well crafted album and You Were But A Ghost... sounds even better in that context, but it’s not like you cannot listen to it on its own and thoroughly enjoy it.

Re: CLOSED- 2000s BST Rd2: Art Brut v Agalloch

cestuneblague — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 02:11:43 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 11/18/2019 07:11

"easy-listening indie rock" is not how I would describe Art Brut at all, yes there's a simplicity to their songs on Bang Bang but a kind of aggresive, eager yet still pithy brilliance to their lyrics and sound that makes it completely unique if certainly not the most musically dexterous and studied. They weren't able to build on that sound at all, but damn if it still doesn't sound great nearly a decade and half later. Again though this is indeed a hard comparison, I think Agalloch would have a better shot if it were competing Album-to-Album although this indiviual song is still very good. But I voted for Art Brut, LOOK AT ME, I voted fo... I'll stop.

Re: CLOSED- 2000s BST Rd2: Art Brut v Agalloch

mickilennial — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 01:09:29 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 11/18/2019 06:09

LedZep wrote:

I was just about to say how I'm very positively surprised cause Agalloch (metal, black metal band even) leads against the easy listening BEA-type indie, and how BEA has finally broadened its limited core indie/rock taste, but well... #-o

BEA is still very elementary in what its core audience can appreciate in metal. Even Pitchfork has more depth in that category.

This is still the wrong Agalloch song to represent the band and the decade, however.

Re: CLOSED- 2000s BST Rd2: Art Brut v Agalloch

LedZep — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 10:21:09 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 11/17/2019 15:21

I was just about to say how I'm very positively surprised cause Agalloch (metal, black metal band even) leads against the easy listening BEA-type indie, and how BEA has finally broadened its limited core indie/rock taste, but well... 🤡

Re: CLOSED- 2000s BST Rd2: Art Brut v Agalloch

AlexZangari — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 17:13:48 GMT

Author: AlexZangari

Posted: 11/16/2019 22:13

Never heard agalloch before but after a listen I feel like I heard it just by looking at the artist photo. Art brut made me hungry so it’s an easy vote from me

Re: CLOSED- 2000s BST Rd2: Art Brut v Agalloch

dihansse — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 07:50:54 GMT

Author: dihansse

Posted: 11/16/2019 12:50

A song is a song if it can listened to isolated from the rest of an album so I choose Agalloch

Re: CLOSED- 2000s BST Rd2: Art Brut v Agalloch

cestuneblague — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 03:27:18 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 11/16/2019 08:27

There's little that can match the aggressive joy of debut Art Brut and "Formed a Band", I've definitely come around to The Mantle after being a bit of an Agalloch skeptic in the past but it still seems like a somewhat strange choice for a song-based tournament

Re: CLOSED- 2000s BST Rd2: Art Brut v Agalloch

Skinny — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 12:02:08 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 11/15/2019 17:02

Art Brut, back when they were young, dumb, and full of, erm, fun.

Re: CLOSED- 2000s BST Rd2: Art Brut v Agalloch

LedZep — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 08:29:22 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 11/15/2019 13:29

Decent Art Brut song but Agalloch all day long

CLOSED- 2000s BST Rd2: Art Brut v Agalloch

cestuneblague — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 23:21:51 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 11/15/2019 04:21

ART BRUT- FORMED A BAND (Captain: LittleM1971)

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AGALLOCH- YOU WERE BUT A GHOST IN MY ARMS (Captain: Ledzep)

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